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As those who follow me on Facebook are likely already aware, the day after The Catholic Inquisitor was announced on these pages, Karl Keating – the poster-patriarch of Newchurch apologetics – rushed to social media to pronounce the effort dead: THIS NEW TRADITIONALIST …
At the Rome Life Forum last weekend, Cardinal Raymond Burke urged Catholics to submit to the reign of Christ the King. At present, unfortunately, the full text of the address appears unavailable, however, excerpts have been provided in several articles posted at LifeSite …
By: Cornelia R. Ferreira Quoting St. Thomas, Pope Leo XIII, in Sapientiae Christianae, wrote, that in times of necessity, each Catholic is obliged “either to instruct and encourage others of the faithful, or to repel the attacks of unbelievers.” “The chief elements of …
Better late than never… Such was the message that I received from a close personal friend of Fr. Nicholas Gruner, along with the photo above showing the gravestone that had just been put in place to mark the resting place of “the Fatima …
On May 2, yet another petition drive launched in the face of the Bergoglian menace was made public; this one designed to collect the signatures of priests who wish to politely request the bishops’ help in addressing the present crisis. In other words, …
In the May edition of Catholic Family News, Stephen Kokx provides readers with a recap of the conference that took place April 6-8 under the headline: Weapons of Warfare Conference Report: CFN Makes Strong Come-Back The part of the report that interests me …
Media outlets worldwide, both secular and Catholic, have been discussing Francis’ Santa Marta homily of 15 May wherein he suggested that he is contemplating retirement. According to Vatican News: Pope Francis focused his reflections on the day’s reading from the Acts of the …
Often, those of us who work in so-called “traditionalist” (aka Catholic) media are accused of simply preaching to the choir; getting the base riled up over a crisis they already recognize while providing very little in the way of content that will serve …
As Cornelia Ferreira observed on these pages last July, a synthesis between many prominent traditionalists and conservatives has been taking place right before our very eyes; a phenomenon that she aptly identified as Conservative-Traditionalism. Readers of this space have also long lamented the …
On May 7, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held its annual Met Gala, this one titled “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” In addition to kicking off an exhibit displaying priceless papal vestments and other regalia spanning fifteen different papacies on loan …
